Hello
I am, thankfully, in remission due to dietary advice received from you all. I tried marmalade today for the first time for months (rather than, stupidly, lactose free cheese which has now become my breakfast norm) and although it was only a scraping I have had a set back. I just wonder WHY this happens....what is it in fruit and jams that now has such a dramatic effect. OR was it the handful of sunflower seeds I added to my plain food this a.m for the first time? Any thoughts/experience/knowledge gratefully received. I feel like I need to know the mechanics of WHY this happens. Why can't we eat these little things....do we know? Why do food intolerances become so HUGE?
Thanks companions.
Judex
MARMALADE AND SUNFLOWER SEEDS
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MARMALADE AND SUNFLOWER SEEDS
Never heard of Microscopic Colitis until yesterday when consultant advised me that my chronic, 3 month long, diarrhea indicated this diagnosis (though not confirmed). Shocked, stunned and reeling a bit, although part of me is pleased to be alive.
Hi Jude,
The problem with fruits is the fructose (sugar). Our small intestine has to heal a while before it can resume adequate production of the enzymes necessary to digest fructose. But all the fiber in sunflower seeds may have caused your reaction. Or it might have been the combination of the 2.
Always try only 1 "new" food at a time, for 3 days, before adding it into your diet. That way you will always be able to tell what is causing a reaction.
Food sensitivities are so "huge" because while the gut is still hyperinflamed, it is very easily irritated. Remission is very fragile at first, because when we avoid the foods that cause us to react, the reactions stop long before the gut actually does much healing. And until a significant amount of healing is accomplished, we have to pamper our digestive system, because it is still partially-inflamed, and therefore very sensitive to the food that goes through it. It typically takes years for the gut to completely heal, so we have to be kind to our gut, usually for a year or more.
Tex
The problem with fruits is the fructose (sugar). Our small intestine has to heal a while before it can resume adequate production of the enzymes necessary to digest fructose. But all the fiber in sunflower seeds may have caused your reaction. Or it might have been the combination of the 2.
Always try only 1 "new" food at a time, for 3 days, before adding it into your diet. That way you will always be able to tell what is causing a reaction.
Food sensitivities are so "huge" because while the gut is still hyperinflamed, it is very easily irritated. Remission is very fragile at first, because when we avoid the foods that cause us to react, the reactions stop long before the gut actually does much healing. And until a significant amount of healing is accomplished, we have to pamper our digestive system, because it is still partially-inflamed, and therefore very sensitive to the food that goes through it. It typically takes years for the gut to completely heal, so we have to be kind to our gut, usually for a year or more.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.